Numbers 23:28 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.”

Numbers 23:28

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But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on {every} altar.

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Numbers 23:1

"And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams."

Numbers 23:2

"And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on {every} altar a bullock and a ram."

Numbers 23:3

"And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. {to an...: or, solitary}"

Numbers 23:4

"And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon {every} altar a bullock and a ram."

Numbers 23:5

"And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak."

Numbers 23:6

"And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab."

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